Safety device for pocket purses and wallets.



WITNESSES:

V. 0. BURDELL.

SAFETY DEVICE FOR POCKET PURSES AND WALLETS. APPLICATION FILED 1uNE29. 1914.

PLANOGRAPH co., WASHINGTON. D. c.

Patented Aug. 3, 1915.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 29,1914. 2 seria1No.847,849.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, VICTOR O. BURDELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alameda, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Safety Devices for Pocket Purses and l/Vallets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to appliances for pocket purses and wallets.

It is one of the objects of the present invention to provide a simple, practical, inexpensive device for use with purses and wallets to prevent their accidental or surreptitious removal from a pocket in wearing apparel.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a safety device for pocket purses or wallets, which, while preventing accidental or unwarranted removal from the pockets of wearing apparel, yet permits the ready removal of the purse from the pocket by the proprietor, when desired.

The invention consists of the parts and the construction and combination of parts as hereinafter more fully described and claimed, having reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of a purse with the safety device applied. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the device in open and disengaging position. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the device with the parts in position for engagement.

The appliance comprises a plate or body member 2, which is here shown as suitably fastened to the back of a purse 3. On the plate 2 is a pivot pin 4, upon which is pivoted a cap or leaf 5, of suitable form, having curved ends 6 and side flanges 7 the top ends of which are inclined upward at 8 to allow the tilting up of the opposite end from the plate 2. The leaf 5 is normally swung toward the plate, as in Figs. land 3, by a suitable spring; Fig. 2 showing a leaf spring 12 and Fig. 3 a coil spring 13.

In Figs. 1 and 2 the cap is perforated at 9 to receive upturned hooks 10 formed on the ends of a rock-rod 11, pivoted on the lower end of the plate 2. The hooks 10 swivel in the holes 9 as the cap 5, when pressed down at its upper end, swings up along the hooks. In Fig. 3 a slight modification is shown in which the hooks 10 are rigid on the back plate 2. The advantage of the swiveling hook 18 that it rocks toward a perpendicular position and thus more readily releases or dis- Patented Aug.

engages from the cloth as the cap is swung out by pressure on its upper end.

The prongs or teeth will come into hooking engagement with the cloth of, the pocket and effectually hold the purse in the pocket against accidental movement, or at least until the wearer of the wearing apparel becomes conscious of the attempt of the removal of the purse from the pocket. When,

the wearer of the apparel wishes to remove the purse from the pocket, it is simply necessary to so grasp the purse that one finger or thumb will overlap the upper end of the cap 5 and press it to swingup' along the hooks, as shown in Fig. 2, to push away the cloth wall of the pocket; whereupon the latter may be withdrawn without resistance. Unless the finger is so placed to lift the cap member, the teeth will immediately coact with the walls of the pocket,

as the purse is moved, and prevent further.

movement.

It is understood that one or more hooks may be used, and also that the cap or leaf may be utilized as an initial or monogram plate. The pressure of the end of the leaf spring, Fig. '2, acts upon the rock-rod of the hooks to hold the same steady and thus prevent looseness of the hooks which would fall or swing down when the cap should be lifted high enough to clear the ends of the hooks.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A combined monogram plate and safety device for pocket-books and the like, comprising a back piece secured to one side of the purse, grappling means on the back piece projecting outward for hooking the cloth wall of a pocket upon withdrawal movement, a plate pivoted upon said piece for covering the same and for clearing the material from the hooking means, the face of the plate providing an area for engraving a monogram, and a spring for operating the plate.

2. The combination with a purse, of a safety device comprising a back plate secured to the cover of the purse and having outwardly disposed hooks for engagement with the cloth of a pocket in Wearing ap- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set parel, and a cap pivoted upon the plate and my hand in the presence of two subscribing having apertures for the hooks to p-ro]ect witnesses.

through, said cap automatically swinging VICTOR 7O. BURDELL. toward the plate and being manually oper- Witnesses: able to swing outwardly so as to clear the M. EWING,

cloth from the hooks. W. W. HEALEY. 7

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five'cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

' Washington, D. C. 

